French Toast Bake

ButterflyVioletta's Note:

This is a great recipe to assemble the night before and serve for overnight guests or for Christmas morning

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup cups melted butter
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1 loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch slices
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Combine brown sugar, butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in 13x9 baking dish. Add apples, and toss until thoroughly coated. Spread apple mixture evenly over bottom of baking dish. Arrange French bread slices in a single layer on top.
2. Mix eggs, milk, vanilla and remaining 2 teaspoons of cinnamon until well blended. Pour mixture over bread, soaking bread completely. Cover and refrigerate 4-24 hours (overnight is best).
3. Bake, covered with aluminum foil at 375 for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Serve warm.

Reviews

[Jazze's Mom]

It was just ok. Seemed like it needed some more sweet like maybe some regular sugar in the egg mixture. My kids didn't like it.